Treyton's 9th Birthday

For Treyton's 9th birthday, he decided he wanted a doughnut cake. So, I drove out to the ONLY Krispy Kreme store in Arizona and got 3 dozen glazed doughnuts. I brought them to his class and stacked them on a pizza pan to make a tiered "cake" (sans candles). He also got a giant Pixy Stix from his teacher, which he loved.

And you know what? Treyton said he didn't think there was any difference between Krispy Kreme doughnuts and doughnuts from the grocery store!!! Sacrilege! I guess I could have saved myself the $$$, but I'm still glad I got the opportunity to have a Krispy Kreme doughnut since they're so few and far between.

(Paxton has a super sensitive gag reflex. Right as I was starting the picture-taking, Carsten gave him a Frosted Mini-Wheat...)


Later that night, Treyton and I went out for dinner (Carl's Jr.) and had our first visit to a real hackerspace. We went to HeatSyncLabs in Mesa to see a 3D printer in real life. They printed an orange hat for Treyton's Lego guy. I'd like to use their laser at some point to make awesome things! :)

Kitchen Shower

Paxton was safely down for a nap in Carsten's bed, which a child-proof doorknob cover so Carsten couldn't harm him. Carsten was set up to watch Thomas the Tank Engine. And I was going to take a shower knowing they were both safe and occupied.

I came out of the shower to find a shower going on in the kitchen!!! Carsten had gone outside, turned on the hose & sprinkler, and placed the sprinkler right outside the OPEN glass door!

Brother Bath

Paxton & Carsten's first bath together

Wright Reunion 2012

We went to Brian's family reunion the week of July 4th. We all had a good time seeing everyone and hanging out together at the family cabin.

Brian's younger brother, Brad, and his fianceé (now wife), Lindy, were kind enough to schedule their wedding during the reunion so that it would be convenient for everyone to attend. However, that also meant they'd be on their honeymoon during the latter half of the reunion, so we took pictures of them in their reunion t-shirts (over their wedding attire) to be Photoshopped into the group photo later in the week.

Teacher Gifts

Yesterday was the last day of school. I made gumball "machines" for Treyton's & Elise's teachers.
I got the idea from this blog. Then I found the printable tag on this blog. I made a few prototypes out of various items from Dollar Tree, but ended up creating my own hybrid of Dollar Tree / Hobby Lobby glassware, which I got the idea for painting from this blog. :)

 If I had more time, I would have etched the names on the glass (or done a different color of vinyl that was easier to see/read). I probably also would have designed a vinyl "knob" & "chute door" to make it look more like a gumball machine.

Say Cheese

Apparently, Carsten wanted some cheese. This week, he has learned how to unlock the gate that used to keep him out of the kitchen. I'm impressed that he operated the cheese slicer to divide this 2lb. block in two. But then he proceeded to take bites out of both sections. :( The other kids are grossed out and don't want that cheese anymore. Carsten is fine with that. :)

Father & Son Campout

Our ward Father & Son campout was at the lake this year. Carsten has been talking non-stop for the past several weeks about "Daddy. Boat. Water." When the day finally came and he saw Brian pulling the boat out of the side yard, he would not let it out of his sight. I was going to take him with me to a restaurant (usually he *loves* to go "bye-bye"), but he would not leave the boat.

There are no pictures of the Father & Son outing. Rumor has it, Carsten only fell into the lake and almost drowned once...